Starting off seed in large pot? Bad thing?

So I transplanted my 5 day old into a large pot, and im not seeing any growth at all , and its been like 2 days... I did this because the soil it was in, was compacting very badly when I watered, so i wanted to put it in better soil.

Do you think I fucked it up?
Do you HAVE to put a seedling in a really small container at first or is it ok to put them straight in a large pot?

cmon ppl , i help who I can with the stuff I know for sure.

Someones gotta know for sure about my question!

Im a newbie at this but I dont see why it would matter the size of the pot, the seed doesnt know. I started my first grow about 4 hours ago. I got six 2 gallon pots, germinated about 15 bagseeds, took the first 6 that sprouted and jammed them about an inch into the center of each pot and tossed the rest.

I'm using 5 32 watt CFLs 6400k daylights 10,000 lumens total. I obviously need to get more light. I'm thinking about a 250 watt hps.

Well man...Did you do any damage?
It could have a little bit of transplant shock, especially if it's in different soil now.
I always water with about 3 drops of superthrive per gallon after a transplant if it's small to keep root growth going.

Im worried, im gonna give her another week, and if nothing happens, then shes gone, ill start a new one. I have better lights and everything now, so it should be better anyway.

Try picking up some superthrive

downthedrains said:

Try picking up some superthrive

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shitty thing is, I have no straight hydro stores around here, only shit like home depot garden centers lol...
so thats not readily available to me unfortunately.

they have vitamin b stuff for transplanting too

but I think your plants are fine. You usually start out with small pots cause the root grows to the bottom of the pot. If its a big pot when you start you have to transplant it into a bigger pot with most the soil or it can damage them


sorry if I did a horrible job explaining that but in the end.... I think your plants will be fine,

If you put you seedlings in smaller pots they develope much better root systems! You should transplant at least 3-4 times. I start with the litte pots you buy veggies in, then 1/2 gal, then 1gal, then 2gal, and last 5 gals. When you start with big pots the roots start to grow mostly around the outside of the soil instead of into the soil. Also the plants spend too much time on root developement. Insted of foliage and flower developement. It does make a difference! They will still grow but they will be happier if you can move to 1/2 or 1 gal pots. Miricle grow shock treatment works great for shock problems and you can get it at Lowes or H.D.

Hey, Socom, from what I can tell I don't think it makes much of a difference what size pot you germinate and grow in at the start other then that the smaller pots will dry out quickly. If they are in big pots then just water around the seed.

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Give it some time. If it was not going to make it you would probably know after 2 days. If it still looks healthy leave it. Do you have a pic?

I transplantedmine 2 days ago from a plastic cup to about a 3 gallon pot. Mine looks fine. Check it out. You woulden't notice growth as much in a bigger pot.

Dude as long as you didnt fuck up and break roots your fine.

It is a weed, it will grow. Lol its not going to fall over and die because you switched its medium, just suffer for a little bit (normal transplant shock)

I did my seedlings when they were 7days old into 3gal pots

I think it is better to change pot sizes as the plant grows.

But it seems you just transplanted it too early, if you dont wait till the root ball fills the pot it will fall apart and shock the roots and stunt for a short while.